Overview
Chile maintains official Working Holiday mobility agreements that allow eligible young people from partner countries to spend a temporary period in Chile with permission to work, while Chilean nationals can use reciprocal arrangements abroad. Availability must be checked for the specific partner route because individual agreements can be paused or have route-specific quotas and conditions.
Complete opportunity details
Chile's consular hub lists 18 Working Holiday agreements — Germany, the Pacific Alliance (Colombia, Mexico and Peru), Australia, Austria, Canada, South Korea, Denmark, France, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Japan, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, the Czech Republic and Sweden — plus a trainee-exchange agreement with Switzerland. The same official site currently marks the Sweden Working Holiday route as temporarily suspended, so the hub list should not be interpreted as proof that every listed route is accepting applications at this moment. Foreign participants who want to travel to Chile are directed to Chile's National Migration Service, while Chilean applicants use the official authority, embassy or consulate of the relevant partner country. Working Holiday stays are generally temporary and some official agreement pages describe a maximum of 12 months; exact duration and conditions are route-specific.
Eligibility requirements
Eligibility, age limits, annual quotas, insurance requirements, financial requirements and current availability vary by agreement and nationality. Applicants must follow the specific official country agreement rather than assume one universal rule. The program's purpose is primarily holiday and cultural exchange with temporary work permitted under the relevant agreement.
Tips for this visa & mobility opportunity
Practical Job and Scholarship guidance. These tips do not replace official rules or create new eligibility requirements.
- Verify the official immigration, program or host-organization requirements before paying fees or sending documents.
- Check passport validity, financial evidence, insurance, appointment and processing-time requirements early.
- Do not rely on third-party claims of guaranteed visas; final decisions are made by the responsible authority.
Verification notes
Primary-source checked on 2026-09-05 UTC. Chile's official consular hub lists 18 Working Holiday agreements and separately lists the Switzerland trainee-exchange agreement, but the official Sweden subpage currently says that route is temporarily suspended. No universal closing date, quota or availability status applies across all routes; applicants must check the specific agreement before applying.
Job and Scholarship is the discovery and verification layer. Confirm eligibility, dates, salary/funding and application instructions on the original source before submitting anything.
Dirección General de Asuntos Consulares, Inmigración y de Chilenos en el Exterior — Chile ↗